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Re: [PATCH 02/17] midx: split `get_midx_checksum()` by adding `get_midx_hash()`

From
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Dec 8, 2025, 18:25 UTC
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On Sat, Dec 06, 2025 at 03:31:04PM -0500, Taylor Blau wrote:
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> When trying to print out, say, the hexadecimal representation of a
> MIDX's hash, our code will do something like:
> 
>     hash_to_hex_algop(get_midx_checksum(m),
>                       m->source->odb->repo->hash_algo);
> 
> , which is both cumbersome and repetitive. In fact, all but a handful of
> callers to `get_midx_checksum()` do exactly the above. Reduce the
> repetitive nature of calling `get_midx_checksum()` by having it return a
> pointer into a static buffer containing the above result.
> 
> For the handful of callers that do need to compare the raw bytes and
> don't want to deal with an encoded copy (e.g., because they are passing
> it to hasheq() or similar), introduce `get_midx_hash()` which returns
> the raw bytes.
This is a welcome change indeed.
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> diff --git a/midx.h b/midx.h
> index 7c7e0b59121..e188ffeb578 100644
> --- a/midx.h
> +++ b/midx.h
> @@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ struct multi_pack_index {
>  #define MIDX_EXT_BITMAP "bitmap"
>  #define MIDX_EXT_MIDX "midx"
>  
> -const unsigned char *get_midx_checksum(const struct multi_pack_index *m);
> +const char *get_midx_checksum(const struct multi_pack_index *m) /* static buffer */;
> +const unsigned char *get_midx_hash(const struct multi_pack_index *m);
>  void get_midx_filename(struct odb_source *source, struct strbuf *out);
>  void get_midx_filename_ext(struct odb_source *source, struct strbuf *out,
>  			   const unsigned char *hash, const char *ext);

If I didn't have the context of this patch series I would be wondering what the actual difference between `get_midx_checksum()` and `get_midx_hash()` is. The way the functions are named seems to rather indicate that we talk about two different kinds of hashes, rather than two different ways to encode them.

Would it maybe be preferable to call them `get_midx_checksum()` and `get_midx_checksum_hex()`? While at it, we could go even further and rename them to `midx_get_checksum()` and `midx_get_checksum_hex()` to conform to our modern best practices.

Patrick
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Message 6 of 99 in “midx: incremental MIDX/bitmap layer compaction”
  1. 00/17 midx: incremental MIDX/bitmap layer compactionTaylor Blau, Dec 6, 2025
  2. 01/17 midx: mark `get_midx_checksum()` arguments as constTaylor Blau, Dec 6, 2025
  3. Patrick SteinhardtDec 8, 2025
  4. Taylor BlauDec 9, 2025
  5. 02/17 midx: split `get_midx_checksum()` by adding `get_midx_hash()`Taylor Blau, Dec 6, 2025
  6. Patrick SteinhardtDec 8, 2025
  7. Taylor BlauDec 9, 2025
  8. Taylor BlauDec 9, 2025
  9. Patrick SteinhardtDec 9, 2025
  10. Taylor BlauJan 13, 2026
  11. 03/17 builtin/multi-pack-index.c: make '--progress' a common optionTaylor Blau, Dec 6, 2025
  12. 04/17 git-multi-pack-index(1): remove non-existent incompatibilityTaylor Blau, Dec 6, 2025
  13. 05/17 git-multi-pack-index(1): align SYNOPSIS with 'git multi-pack-index -h'Taylor Blau, Dec 6, 2025
  14. 06/17 t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh: fix copy-and-paste error in t5319.39Taylor Blau, Dec 6, 2025
  15. 07/17 midx-write.c: don't use `pack_perm` when assigning `bitmap_pos`Taylor Blau, Dec 6, 2025
  16. Patrick SteinhardtDec 8, 2025
  17. Taylor BlauDec 9, 2025
  18. 08/17 midx-write.c: introduce `struct write_midx_opts`Taylor Blau, Dec 6, 2025
  19. Patrick SteinhardtDec 8, 2025
  20. Taylor BlauDec 9, 2025
  21. 09/17 midx: do not require packs to be sorted in lexicographic orderTaylor Blau, Dec 6, 2025
  22. Patrick SteinhardtDec 8, 2025
  23. Taylor BlauDec 9, 2025
  24. Taylor BlauDec 9, 2025
  25. 10/17 git-compat-util.h: introduce `u32_add()`Taylor Blau, Dec 6, 2025
  26. Patrick SteinhardtDec 8, 2025
  27. Taylor BlauDec 9, 2025
  28. 11/17 midx-write.c: introduce `midx_pack_perm()` helperTaylor Blau, Dec 6, 2025
  29. 12/17 midx-write.c: extract `fill_pack_from_midx()`Taylor Blau, Dec 6, 2025
  30. 13/17 midx-write.c: enumerate `pack_int_id` values directlyTaylor Blau, Dec 6, 2025
  31. Patrick SteinhardtDec 8, 2025
  32. Taylor BlauDec 9, 2025
  33. 14/17 midx-write.c: factor fanout layering from `compute_sorted_entries()`Taylor Blau, Dec 6, 2025
  34. 15/17 t/helper/test-read-midx.c: plug memory leak when selecting layerTaylor Blau, Dec 6, 2025
  35. Patrick SteinhardtDec 8, 2025
  36. Taylor BlauDec 9, 2025
  37. 16/17 midx: implement MIDX compactionTaylor Blau, Dec 6, 2025
  38. Patrick SteinhardtDec 9, 2025
  39. Taylor BlauJan 13, 2026
  40. 17/17 midx: enable reachability bitmaps during MIDX compactionTaylor Blau, Dec 6, 2025
  41. Patrick SteinhardtDec 9, 2025
  42. Taylor BlauJan 13, 2026
  43. 00/18 midx: incremental MIDX/bitmap layer compactionTaylor Blau, Jan 14, 2026
  44. 01/18 midx: mark `get_midx_checksum()` arguments as constTaylor Blau, Jan 14, 2026
  45. 02/18 midx: rename `get_midx_checksum()` to `midx_get_checksum_hash()`Taylor Blau, Jan 14, 2026
  46. 03/18 midx: introduce `midx_get_checksum_hex()`Taylor Blau, Jan 14, 2026
  47. 04/18 builtin/multi-pack-index.c: make '--progress' a common optionTaylor Blau, Jan 14, 2026
  48. 05/18 git-multi-pack-index(1): remove non-existent incompatibilityTaylor Blau, Jan 14, 2026
  49. 06/18 git-multi-pack-index(1): align SYNOPSIS with 'git multi-pack-index -h'Taylor Blau, Jan 14, 2026
  50. 07/18 t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh: fix copy-and-paste error in t5319.39Taylor Blau, Jan 14, 2026
  51. 08/18 midx-write.c: don't use `pack_perm` when assigning `bitmap_pos`Taylor Blau, Jan 14, 2026
  52. Junio C HamanoJan 14, 2026
  53. Taylor BlauJan 14, 2026
  54. 09/18 midx-write.c: introduce `struct write_midx_opts`Taylor Blau, Jan 14, 2026
  55. 10/18 midx: do not require packs to be sorted in lexicographic orderTaylor Blau, Jan 14, 2026
  56. Junio C HamanoJan 14, 2026
  57. Taylor BlauJan 14, 2026
  58. Patrick SteinhardtJan 27, 2026
  59. Taylor BlauFeb 24, 2026
  60. 11/18 git-compat-util.h: introduce `u32_add()`Taylor Blau, Jan 14, 2026
  61. Junio C HamanoJan 14, 2026
  62. Taylor BlauJan 14, 2026
  63. Taylor BlauJan 15, 2026
  64. Patrick SteinhardtJan 21, 2026
  65. Taylor BlauJan 21, 2026
  66. rsbecker@nexbridge.comJan 22, 2026
  67. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2026
  68. Jeff KingFeb 23, 2026
  69. Taylor BlauFeb 24, 2026
  70. 12/18 midx-write.c: introduce `midx_pack_perm()` helperTaylor Blau, Jan 14, 2026
  71. 13/18 midx-write.c: extract `fill_pack_from_midx()`Taylor Blau, Jan 14, 2026
  72. 14/18 midx-write.c: enumerate `pack_int_id` values directlyTaylor Blau, Jan 14, 2026
  73. 15/18 midx-write.c: factor fanout layering from `compute_sorted_entries()`Taylor Blau, Jan 14, 2026
  74. 16/18 t/helper/test-read-midx.c: plug memory leak when selecting layerTaylor Blau, Jan 14, 2026
  75. 17/18 midx: implement MIDX compactionTaylor Blau, Jan 14, 2026
  76. Patrick SteinhardtJan 27, 2026
  77. Taylor BlauJan 27, 2026
  78. 18/18 midx: enable reachability bitmaps during MIDX compactionTaylor Blau, Jan 14, 2026
  79. Junio C HamanoFeb 20, 2026
  80. Jeff KingFeb 23, 2026
  81. Taylor BlauFeb 24, 2026
  82. 00/17 midx: incremental MIDX/bitmap layer compactionTaylor Blau, Feb 24, 2026
  83. 01/17 midx: mark `get_midx_checksum()` arguments as constTaylor Blau, Feb 24, 2026
  84. 02/17 midx: rename `get_midx_checksum()` to `midx_get_checksum_hash()`Taylor Blau, Feb 24, 2026
  85. 03/17 midx: introduce `midx_get_checksum_hex()`Taylor Blau, Feb 24, 2026
  86. 04/17 builtin/multi-pack-index.c: make '--progress' a common optionTaylor Blau, Feb 24, 2026
  87. 05/17 git-multi-pack-index(1): remove non-existent incompatibilityTaylor Blau, Feb 24, 2026
  88. 06/17 git-multi-pack-index(1): align SYNOPSIS with 'git multi-pack-index -h'Taylor Blau, Feb 24, 2026
  89. 07/17 t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh: fix copy-and-paste error in t5319.39Taylor Blau, Feb 24, 2026
  90. 08/17 midx-write.c: don't use `pack_perm` when assigning `bitmap_pos`Taylor Blau, Feb 24, 2026
  91. 09/17 midx-write.c: introduce `struct write_midx_opts`Taylor Blau, Feb 24, 2026
  92. 10/17 midx: do not require packs to be sorted in lexicographic orderTaylor Blau, Feb 24, 2026
  93. 11/17 midx-write.c: introduce `midx_pack_perm()` helperTaylor Blau, Feb 24, 2026
  94. 13/17 midx-write.c: enumerate `pack_int_id` values directlyTaylor Blau, Feb 24, 2026
  95. 14/17 midx-write.c: factor fanout layering from `compute_sorted_entries()`Taylor Blau, Feb 24, 2026
  96. 15/17 t/helper/test-read-midx.c: plug memory leak when selecting layerTaylor Blau, Feb 24, 2026
  97. 16/17 midx: implement MIDX compactionTaylor Blau, Feb 24, 2026
  98. 17/17 midx: enable reachability bitmaps during MIDX compactionTaylor Blau, Feb 24, 2026
  99. 12/17 midx-write.c: extract `fill_pack_from_midx()`Taylor Blau, Feb 24, 2026

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